Manager, Value Stream

Req ID: 45260

Job Category: Manufacturing Operations

St. Louis, MO, US, 63133

Description:

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

Manage and direct a lean value stream in an aseptic ISO certified manufacturing facility that supplies surgical support systems for healthcare customers throughout the world. This person will be responsible for the planning, organizing, and assembly of quality units to ensure that they are on schedule to meet the requirements of our customers in a union environment.

Duties

• Ensure safety for employees and customers. Initiate and participate in efforts to improve safety, ergonomics and the environment.

• Ensure quality to meet customer’s requirements.

• Responsible for the implementation of lean activities to meet assembly cost goals.

• Prepare and submit budget for value stream. Identify and implement capital expenditures. Strategically align operational and capital budget to improve QCD. Manage value stream needs to operate within budget. Identify, implement, and track cost saving initiatives.

• Select, schedule, lead, train, discipline, and evaluate the value stream team. Coach, develop, and motivate employees. Remove barriers to their success.

• Maintain/Improve labor cross-training and flexibility.

• Ensure support of Corporate and facility missions, goals, philosophies, and directives.

• Prepare periodic value stream performance reports. Meet all administrative deadlines as specified by Director of Operations.

Duties - cont'd

• Ensure communications within value stream. Keep value stream team informed as to company/facility plans and progress. Develop, plan and facilitate a value stream quarterly communication meeting.

• Research, analyze, and arrive at sound business decisions for the value stream. Be comprehensive, creative, and innovative in defining alternatives and options. Accept gains and losses of the value stream.

• Plan, coordinate, supervise and control the manufacturing operations, ensuring cost effectiveness and adherence to production output plans as well as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

• The above statements reflect the general details of the job and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all duties inherent in the job.

• Prepare submissions to PIPC (Product Prioritization Improvement Committee) for product improvement needs in the assigned value stream.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in business related field or Engineering required

• Minimum of 8-12 years of manufacturing management experience or equivalent experience in a regulated medical device environment preferred.

• 3-5 years lean experience preferred.

• Microsoft Office Skills required.

• Oracle experience preferred.

• Some regulatory/FDA Code experience preferred.

• Strong verbal, analytical, interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Experience with MRP/Kanban environment

• Proven ability to recruit, train, and develop talent, A track record of proven success

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STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.

Req ID: 45260

Job Category: Manufacturing Operations

St. Louis, MO, US, 63133

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